Ezekiel 16:28:5Ezek.16.28.W5TAB
שָׂבְעָתֵ֑ךְ
saveatekh
“your being satisfied”
- Transliteration
- sa-ve-a-TEKH
- Extended
- saa-veh-ah-TEHKh
- IPA
- /sɔː.və.ʕaːˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your being satisfied
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-ve-a-TEKH
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at
Exegesis
The causal expression mi-bilti savatekh {מִבִּלְתִּי שָׂבְעָתֵךְ | mi-bil-tî śā-və-ʿā-tekh} indicates motive through negated satisfaction.
Root and etymology
Rootsin–bet–ayin
“to be satisfied or have enough”
In context — Ezekiel 16:28
And you played the harlot with the sons of Assyria, because you were not satisfied ; you even engaged in further harlotries, yet you could not be satisfied.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:28, so the Hebrew word שָׂבְעָתֵ֑ךְ (saveatekh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.16.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.28.W5.S1) and character.